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Patent GB-190308318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting Tarpaulins over Railway Wagons and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8318. Spencer, A. April 9. Tarpaulin supports.-The bars a, Fig. 2, are pivoted to vertical pins d in bearings f, g, and are connected by a slotted sleeve l engaging with pins o on their ends. The pins d are provided with lugs h which engage with recesses i, j in the bearings f. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the pin d is prevented from rising out of the bearing by a screw r engaging with the recessed part s. When not in use, the bars a are turned down and supported by chains or clips on the sides of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190312782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus.
Inventor: HUNT CHARLES WALLACE
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,782. Hunt, C. W. June 6. Hauling and winding engines; electrically-actuated apparatus; ropes, arranging and guiding.-Relates to hoisting-apparatus in which the grab or other load is raised and lowered and traversed horizontally. The drums b, a for the opening and closing and hoisting ropes k, m are driven by independent electric motors s, r, which need not be strong enough to raise the load singly, but which can be coupled, preferably electrically, so as to distribute the load between them. The traversing-rope is wound on a third drum f in the opposite direction to the ropes on the drums a, b, and the drum b is fixed to the shaft, while the drums a, f are loose and can be coupled by a clutch. The ropes k, m pass over sheaves on the trolley, and the rope p passes over a sheave at the end of the beam and is fixed to the trolley or passes round a sheave thereon and is fixed to the beam. The frame for the drums and motors is formed by two similar halves connected at t<2>, and machined on their upper surfaces, where the motors are fixed, so that the position of these latter can be adjusted.
Patent GB-190313014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bedsteads, Cradles & Hammocks.
Inventor: PITFIELD FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-06-10
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 13,014. Pitfield, F. W., and Goodchild, T. June 10. Bedsteads and cots; hammocks.-Bedsteads or the like are. provided on one or both sides with an extensive framing, which may serve as a cradle, cot, or hammock, or for holding a sick person while the ordinary bed is being made. The pillars a are fitted with adjustable angle-pieces or brackets b for tubular or angle side rails d* and tubular or equivalent end rails e. Rods f are fitted in the rails e and adjusted by set-screws &c., and are attached to adjustable brackets g fitted on uprights h and connected by a rail j. The rails d*, j may be made telescopic. Stops l* on the brackets g determine the distance between the maiu and auxiliary frame in the closed position. A canvas or other lining l is attached to the rails d*, j, and forms a kind of valance in the closed position. Telescopic or equivalent guards may be provided. According to the Provisional Specification, an extension frame without legs or supports may be used.
Patent GB-190318435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Aerating Liquids, or Charging them with Gas
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 18,435. Soda Stream, Ltd., and Hucks, W. Aug. 26. Aerating liquids.-Small quantities of liquids such as water, wine, beer, &c., contained in bottles or other vessels, are aerated by means of compressed gas drawn directly from containers or cylinders. The mouth of the bottle &c. is held in a suitable socket, or, as shown in Fig. 1, a screwstoppered bottle 8 is screwed upon a plug 3 and bears against a washer 4. When the pressure produced by the gas supplied through the pipe 7 reaches a certain amount, the valve 10 is lifted, and the gas bubbles through and agitates the liquid. The casing 11, for protecting the operator in case of accident, turns on a centre at 12 and carries a cross-bar 13, which bears upon the top of the spring 14 and has its downward movement limited by the top of the casting. Pressure may be applied to the valve without the use of the spring. The Provisional Specification describes also the arrangement of several aÙrating-appliances in line so that the gas which escapes from the first bottle is led into the second and so on, valves being provided so that any bottle can be removed without removing the others.
Patent GB-190319736-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Making Joints in all Materials and especially in Wood-work Water-tight and otherwise Wind Weather and Rain Proof.
Inventor: ROUGH FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 19,736. Rough, F. Sept. 14. Caulking ships and punts and other boats. Rectangular, semicircular, or other grooves D are made in the meeting faces or edges of the metal, wood, or other pieces A, B to be joined, and an india-rubber, hemp, yarn, or similar strip E is inserted to fill the grooves partially or entirely when the pieces are joined. More than one set of complementary grooves can be made.
Patent GB-190320296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Making Glass Bottles and the like.
Inventor: FORSTER JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 20,296. Forster, J. Sept. 21. Bottle &c. necks, making.-Relates to apparatus for forming bottle necks, more especially those for screw or ball stoppers, and is applicable to machines of the type described in Specifications No. 14,258*, A.D. 1897, No. 27,062*, A.D. 1898, and No. 24,927, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Glass], Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to such a machine. Upon swinging the arm A' through the usual half revolution, the tap F is screwed against its seating by means of the gear shown. The neck is then moulded round the tap and the arm A' swung back, thus withdrawing the tap from the bottle neck. Compressed air for blowing the bottle is conveyed through the fixed shaft A<2> by way of the orifice A<6> and a pipe (not shown) to the orifice A<5>, and thence through the passage A<4> to the bottle. Instead of the pitch chain L<1> gearing on the fixed wheel L<2>, spur gearing may be employed. The toothed wheel L<2> is mounted upon an eccentric for adjustment. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus used for forming a groove on the interior of bottle necks. Tongs E<3> having projections E<4> are controlled by the links E<5> and push-rod P. The lower end of the mandrel E<2> is split so as to form a holder for the ball stopper R, and to allow the projections E<4> to pass through. Molten glass is admitted, and the mandrel &c. is rotated by the hand-wheel G. The projections E' form a groove inside the neck. The push-rod P is now depressed, and held by the spring G'. This causes the tongs to close, and a rod S connected with the rod P to release the ball from its holder. In a modification, the mandrel E<3> may be lifted by a lever engaging a groove on the boss of the hand-wheel G. The rod S passes through the pushrod P and is worked independently. The apparatus may also be used to form necks for ordinary corks.
Patent GB-190322995-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Level or Contour of Roads or the like.
Inventor: SPILLMANN HANS XAVER
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 22,995. Spillmann, H. X. Dec. 27, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Clinometers.-An apparatus for indicating and recording the level or contour of roads and the like, is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The apparatus is carried by a small vehicle or trolley, and may be applied to a wagon, cycle, or like vehicle. The recording-pencil w, carried by the upper block sliding in the casing v fixed to the vehicle, is moved up or down by the double-armed pivoted and weighted lever p, r. The recording band or strip f passes round the four rollers a, b, c, d mounted in the vehicle, and is advanced as the roller d is driven by belt and pulleygearing from the axle of the vehicle. Instead of a gravity lever arrangement, a ball-like vessel filled with fluid to move a float on the rod of which is the recording-pencil may be employed.
Patent GB-190323329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exercising Apparatus for Babies.
Inventor: ABELL WILLIAM PRICE
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,329. Abell, W. P. Oct. 28. Swings ; trapezes ; exercising-apparatus.-Fig. 1 shows a view of a child's exercising-apparatus, which consists of a horse's head A secured to a seat H, and provided with a rod B, by which the device is suspended by adjustable chains D, D' from hooks in a beam or the top of a doorway. These chains are threaded through a double-eyed ferrule C secured to the top of the rod B, by which means the device is prevented from twisting when used as a swing. The child sits on the seat when using the apparatus as a rocking-horse or swing, and stands on it when using the apparatus as a flexor developer for strengthening the legs, while by replacing the lower part of the apparatus by a bar, as shown in Fig. 3, the apparatus can be converted into a trapeze.
Patent GB-190327475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leak Stoppers for Boiler Tubes.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 27,475. Fell, J. C., [Philp, J.]. Dec. 15. Stopping tubes.-Both ends of a leaky or ruptured boiler tube are sealed without putting the boiler out of action by compressible stoppers F, d confined between flanged caps and plates E, G, d<1>, d<2> mounted on a threaded rod B. The sleeve G has a conical part embraced by a spring-pressed sleeve H with recesses to guide teeth i which grip the boiler tube. The discs d<1>, d' and the packing d have recesses to admit bolts l secured to a yoke L, and the packing is tightened by a nut N bearing against the end of a sleeve d<3> on the disc d<2>. The rod B may be made in sections linked together.
Patent GB-190400387-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game.
Inventor: DUMVILLE OLIVE MARY GRACE
Filed: 1904-01-06
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 387. Dumville, O. M. G. Jan. 6. Games played with balls, boards, and mallets.-A game, primarily adapted for a table, is played with a board consisting of four cross-pieces A, A<1>, B, B', balls, and mallets. Two parallel grooves are formed the full length of oach cross-piece, as shown at a, a', b, b<1>, leaving clear spaces c at their junctions. Opposing players stand at the points I, II, III, IV, and V, VI, VII, VIII, respectively, and are each provided with a mallet and ball having distinctive colours. The players endeavour to effect collisions between the balls, and to drive their opponents' balls into pockets d, e provided as shown.
Patent GB-190401155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines Actuated by Steam Air, or the like
Inventor: JENNINGS JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-01-16
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 1155. Jennings, J. T. Jan. 16. Steam &c. turbines. - A multiple-expansion steam, air, or other elastic- fluid turbine is shown in Figs. 1 and 5. One or more turbine wheels B are mounted on a shaft C and are separated by guide - plates D having steam channels E. Steam is admitted through an opening L at one end of the turbine and passes through on e or more nozzles F in the first guide-plate and is re- peatedly passed through the wheel by guide-channels E, before passing to the next wheel. The guide-channels may be variously shaped and may have filling-pieces M secured by screw studs. The channels may have separate lining-plates P, Fig. 9, and guide-vanes P<1>.
Patent GB-190403921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Burners suitable for Lighting by Incandescence
Inventor: STICKDORN ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 3921. Stickdorn, R. Feb. 16. G a s burners ; lighting and extinguishing gas. - Relates to burners suitable for incandescent lighting, and to means for cutting-off or admitting gas for the main-burner supply. The regulating-device comprises a sleeve h having lateral openings or slots n, and sliding in the bore t. A pin prevents the sleeve from turning. Attached to the sleeve h is a disc a having an opening c, and pivoted to this disc is a disc b having an opening d which may be brought more or less into or out of register with the opening c by turning the disc b on its pivot. The disc b may be turned from the outside by means of a lever e on a spindle carrying a forked arm g, through the fork of which extends a finger z on the disc b. After the fork g and lever e have been operated to set the disc b, they are returned to normal central position by a pair of springs, so that the fork is out of contact with the finger z. In the body i are passages l<1>, l<2> which are put into communication with each other by channels l<1> in a cap-piece o revoluble on the body i. The cap o may be rotated to place the channels l<1> out of register with the passages l<1>, l<2> and so cut off the gas supply to the main burner. The pilot light is supplied by a central tube r', communicating with a tube r connected with a hood x. The gas for the main burner passes through openings at the top. The cap o may be turned from a distance by an arrangement such as is shown in Fig. 2. The cap is connected by a rod or toothed gearing with a piston w<1> of a cylinder connected by a pipe s<1> with a device for producing air pressure or suction. This may consist of a flexible diaphragm in a chamber g<1> operated in one direction by a spring g<3> and in the other by a plunger p.
Patent GB-190406067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Adjustment of Magnetic Compasses
Inventor: GRUBY ERNEST
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6067. Gruby, E. March 12. Compasses, magnetic.-Relates to an arrangement for adjusting ships' compasses, by which the effect of the " heeling error " is obviated. Magnets are placed in adjustable frames hung round the sides of the binnacle. The frames a, usually three in number, are pivoted at b to the inside of the binnacle casing c, which is made higher than usual, to accommodate them. Each frame is formed of notched strips of brass a', a<2> bolted together at the top and bottom. The magnets d are kept in the notches, by means of side pieces f fixed to the binnacle casing. The top bars of the frames are held by set-screws e and nuts tbreaded on them, or by hooks and eyes. When magnets are to be placed in, or removed from, the notched racks, the upper fastenings are undone and the frame swung down clear of the side pieces f.
Patent GB-190406665-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Screen for Sifting Gravel and the like.
Inventor: BANNISTER WILLIAM WIDDOWFIELD
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 6665. Bannister, W. W., and Manning, W. J. March 19. Sifting gravel &c.-Screens for sifting gravel and the like are made of steel blades 9, Figs. 2 and 4, which are triangular in cross-section and held in position by clips 10 formed at the lower part with eyes through which, and through slots in the sides of the frame 8, the securing-bolts 14 are passed. Distance-collars 12 between the clips 10 allow the size of the mesh of the screen to be adjusted. The blades 9 may be depressed or cut away so as to accommodate the clips 10, in order that their upper surfaces may be flush with the blades 9. A removable plate bolted to the sides of the frame, allows any of the blades 9 to be removed as desired.
Patent GB-190409631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to Resilient Tyres for Road Vehicles
Inventor: LAFARGUE ALPHONSE
Filed: 1904-04-27
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 9631. Lafargue, A. April 27. T y r e s, elastic o t h e r than pneumatic ; felloe s or rims.-Elastic tyres are formed of layers C of rubber or other resilient material wit h interposed, corrugated metal bands D ; the whole cushion extends beyond a channelshaped rim B placed on the felloe A. A series of metal shoes E engaging the sides of the rim are placed diagonally across the periphery of the tyre with spaces between them. The shoes are secured by radial bolts F passing freely through the felloe and provided with nuts F<1>. The bolts are formed with heads of oblong cross-section and are prevented from rotating by the squared shank passing through a similarly-shaped hole in the rim. The tyre C may be formed in one solid piece and may be internally channelled to give greater resiliency.
Patent GB-190414042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of High Vacua and in Cooling by Evaporation
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1905-07-21
Abstract: 14,042. Parsons, C. A. June 21. Condensers ; condensers, cooling water for.-Relates to the production of high vacua in connection with condensers, refrigerating-apparatus, or evaporators, &c., and consists primarily in combining in series two or more steam-jet air-ejectors of the type described in Specification No. 840, A.D. 1902, with or without the use of intermediate coolers or condensers ; it also consists in employing ejectors in series to effect cooling by evaporation, liquids thus cooled being used as cooling-agents in condensers. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement of ejectors in series in connection with a brine-concentrating chamber o. The ejector p exhausts into a surface condenser j, which is exhausted by a second ejector 3 and auxiliary cooler 4, connected to an air pump k as described in the cited Specification. The pump forces condensed vapour and non-condensible gases through a dip-seal n into a hot-well x. The cooled brine is circulated by a pump s through refrigerating-coils 5, and passes back into the evaporator through spray pipes v. Two preferred forms of ejectors are shown at 1, 2, Fig. 4. Each has a combining-tube with a doubly-converging entrance, a parallel portion, and a flaring outlet, but the ejector 1, which is connected to the vessel to be exhausted and consequently produces the higher vacuum, has a steam nozzle of relatively larger size, which projects into the combining-tube. Steam nozzles having a ratio of area of neck to mouth of 10 to 250 and upwards are claimed. The vacuum produced by the ejectors 1, 2 is increased by circulating cooled brine from the evaporator o through the intermediate cooler h. The condenser j, Figs. 3 and 4, may be used for other purposes in addition to forming part of the vacuum-producing plant, and in the case of a refrigerating-plant on board ship may constitute the main condenser of the propelling-engines. The combined arrangement shown in Fig. 4 may be applied to effect cooling by evapiration, the ejector 1 being connected to a cooling-plant in the same way as the ejector p, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190422214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Chairs.
Inventor: QUERNHEIMB ERNST VON CARNAP
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 22,214. Quernheimb, E. von C. Oct. 15. Commodes. - Relates to folding chairs provided with sanitary-convenience arrangements, applicable for outdoor or field use. The seat consists of two layers of material. The upper layer b is of linen, canvas, or the like, and is either detachably connected to both sides of the seat frame c, d or fastened to one side c and connected to the other by hooks e engaging in holes f. The under layer is of canvas, detachably or permanently connected to the frame, and is provided with an opening h so that the chair may be used as a commode
Patent GB-190422819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Electric Motors
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 22,819. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 22. Field magnets; motors, controlling.-An auxiliary winding is used in an alternating-current motor for railway &c. work to increase the field strength at high speeds, and a portion of the stator is removed from a part near the armature coils short-circuited by the brushes. As shown applied to a repulsion motor in Fig. 1, the iron of the stator is cut away at f, f to form two recesses adjacent to the brushes b, b. A weak field is produced for the coil undergoing commutation, and the stator becomes saturated at low speeds at these two points. The approximate speed-torque curve 1, 1<1> of an ordinary repulsion motor is shown in Fig. 2. The effect of the saturation at low speeds produced by the recesses is to make the curve steeper as at 2, 3. The curve 3, 2<1> for higher speeds is obtained by winding a coil C in the recesses at f, Fig. 1, and connecting it in series with the field winding F by means of the controlling-switch D. The coil C is placed in non-inductive relation to the armature winding A, and may be arranged to carry a reverse current at low speeds to reduce the field strength. In the first position of the controller D, the field winding F alone is connected to the mains L, while the motor runs at low speed. For higher speeds, the controller is moved to its second position, introducing the auxiliary coil C in the circuit.
Patent GB-190423983-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Continuous Distillation.
Inventor: RAY ETTOR
Filed: 1904-11-05
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 23,983. Ray, E. Nov. 5. Regenerative retort furnaces.-Tar and similar substances are passed through a series of tubular retorts, so arranged that the temperature increases from the first to the last and that the fractions distilled from each retort may be collected separately. A jet of superheated steam may be passed into the last retort or into others of the series. Fig. 1 shows a partial front elevation and crosssection, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of apparatus heated by the secondary combustion of the products of a furnace, and comprising two batteries of retorts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The retorts are arranged sloping alternately in opposite directions. The heating arrangements are as follows : - Fuel, charged through the opening 16, is incompletely burnt on the grate 11, air being admitted through the adjustable port 14. The combustible gases produced pass through apertures 10 into the chamber 12, to which air is admitted through the inlet 17, apertures 17<x> <x>, and vertical conduits 55 between the hollow bricks 57. The products of the secondary combustion pass through horizontal conduits into a second chamber, and thence to the distributing-passage 13, which is provided with apertures 13x leading to the two flues respectively containing the end retorts 5 of each of the batteries. Each of the currents of heated gases traverses one of the zig-zag series of flues containing the retorts, and finally descends into the flue 52. The heating is regulated by means of registers 6 and air inlets 7, 17<x>, &c.
Patent GB-190426924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Hot Water Service for Baths, and for Heating Rooms, Conservatories, or the like.
Inventor: HILLIER CHARLES
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 26,924. Hillier, C., and Hillier, A. Dec. 9. Baths. - In a hotwater heating-system, for baths and for heating room-, conservatories, or the like, the hot-water service for baths may be arranged for heating rooms, the whole system being supplied from a boiler or copper heated by a kitchen range or by a separate fireplace. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement, and a part of the boiler 5 is shown in detail in Fig. 2. The boiler is placed in a flue which communicates with the kitchen range or with a separate fireplace. The boiler is supplied from the cold-water cistern 16 by a pipe 17 in which is located a valve 18. The outlet from the boiler communicates with the hot-water cistern 19 by a pipe 20. The hot water from the cistern 19 is carried by a pipe 22 to any part of the building, such as the radiators 26 or a bath 24. The hot-water cistern is connected by a bye-pass 21 with the main return 27, which enters the boiler at its lowest point. A vent pipe 28 is also provided. The boiler is provided with a cover 6, Fig. 2, held in position by means of a bolt 9 which passes through the cover and through a four-armed bridge-bar 8 engaging the undersides of lugs 7 cast on the boiler. By closing the tap 18 and removing the cover 6, the boiler may be used for domestic purposes.